This can't be right - a turbocharged compact MPV/hot-hatch that's actually a hoot to drive? I must be under the influence of something.
The mere idea of a Vauxhall Meriva fitted with a 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine putting 177bhp through the front wheels is laughable. This thing should, by all rights, by an absolute pig to drive. Amazingly it's not...
